In an op-ed published in The New York Times, Peter Wehner, a former official under President Reagan and both Bush administrations, slammed Republicans over what he described as a “frantic effort to discredit” Cohen.

“Republicans on the committee tried to destroy the credibility of his testimony, not because they believe that his testimony is false, but because they fear it is true,” Wehner wrote.

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